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Microsoft Surface Pro review — It's a compelling proposition: all the power and application compatibility of a laptop running a proper desktop operating system, all the portability and convenience of a tablet, all mixed together in one package. That's the core idea behind Microsoft's Surface tablets but …

Surface Pro: Hefty Tablet Is a Laptop Lightweight — Microsoft is introducing its second-ever personal computer. As with the first, it's a multi-touch 10.6-inch tablet that has some of the attributes of a laptop, such as a USB port and snap-on keyboards. But unlike the first …

Introducing Your Instagram Feed on the Web — Today, I'm very excited to announce the launch of a product we've been wanting to build for quite some time now. Since our launch in October of 2010, we've focused on building a simple app that has inspired creativity while capturing everyday moments through the lens of your mobile phone.

Dell in $24 Billion Deal to Go Private — Dell announced Tuesday that it had agreed to go private in a $24 billion deal led by its founder and the investment firm Silver Lake, in the biggest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis. — Under the terms of the deal, the buyers' consortium …

Welcoming Bluefin Labs to the Flock — Today we're happy to announce that we have acquired Bluefin Labs, a leading social TV analytics company that provides data products to brand advertisers, agencies, and TV networks. We believe that Bluefin's data science capabilities and social TV expertise …

OUYA Finds a Friend With Amazon — OUYA, an Android-powered video game console that was funded on crowd-funding site Kickstarter, will begin selling consoles through Amazon, Gamestop and several other retailers. — The retailers will begin accepting pre-orders for both consoles and controllers on Tuesday …

Pinterest in Talks for Funding — Online scrapbooking site Pinterest is in talks to raise a new round of financing at a $2 billion to $2.5 billion valuation, said people familiar with the matter. — The talks are fluid and a deal isn't finalized, said one of the people.

Apple Tries (A Little) Harder to Get Its Message Out — Apple has been subtly increasing some of its PR—at least for now. — Last week, the company issued a press release to announce it was upgrading its mobile operating system from iOS 6 to 6.1. It was the first time Apple has issued …

BlackBerry Z10 “Off to a Better Start Than Lumia 920” — More preliminary evidence that the new BlackBerry Z10 is off to a better start than some had foreseen: A pair of research notes lending further credence to early reports of strong demand for BlackBerry's first BlackBerry 10 handset.

Google wins landmark advertising case in Australia — (Reuters) - Global search engine Google Inc won a landmark court case in Australia on Wednesday when the country's High Court ruled the Internet giant was not responsible for messages conveyed by paid advertisers on its site.

Why Amazon wants its own currency — Coins are the latest attempt to shore up loyalty... and maybe avoid some taxes — Despite the failures of Facebook Credits, Microsoft Points, and the dot-com virtual currency Flooz, Amazon has decided to mint its own money.

Aaron Swartz and how to identify a martyr — In the penultimate speech of the evening at last night's memorial for Aaron Swartz in Washington DC, Berin Szoka, the president of the group TechFreedom, offered some words that were uncomfortable for some. Speaking of the Internet activist's alleged crime …